teflon question...

[SUWANNEE MAN]

Hello all. I've been a reader for some time but just joined so I could search old threads and post.

Here's my question: My father just bought brand new nice FN SLP Mark I and we were reading over the owners manual this evening at his house. Page 41 of the manual states: "Never fire your new Self-Loading Police Shotgun without cleaning first." It goes on to say that this is to "remove the preservation lubricant instead of the maintenance lubricant." One other thing... it also says in big bold font in a squared off box "Never use Hydrocarbons, trichlorethylene, ammonia or teflon-based lubricants. They could cause damage to your gun!" ... I've been using Rem-Oil (with teflon) on revolvers, semi-auto pistols, bolt actions, and pump shotguns for 15+ years. I use Strikehold on AR's because they run hot and teflon gums up. Is it the same with auto-loading shotguns? This our first auto-loading shotgun and we're both sort of scratching our heads here. If Rem-Oil is a no-go, is the Strikehold ok to use? Please advise. Thanks in advance for your input.

Life on the Suwannee is good.

 

[tsidorus]

my guess would be that it may gum up the gas system. It most likely is a CYA policy conserning relability.

-Tsi

 

[SUWANNEE MAN]

Thank you tsidorus. Do you think the Strikehold is ok to use on this new shotgun? My dad and I are chomping at the bit to take it down, clean it, and test it out... We just dont want to do anything to ruin his new beauty....

 

[mekender]

Teflon has a tendency to become stuck to things over time and then flake off... especially when high temperatures are involved... the stuff on pans is usually treated properly, but not always... the same problems happen in engines that use Teflon treated motor oils... the Teflon sticks and bonds at high temperatures... then later, repeated temperature changes can cause flakes of it to come off... heres a bit about teflon inside an engine... imagine the same thing could happen inside a gas system on a gun...

http://www.smartsynthetics.com/

Teflon does absolutely nothing inside an engine. Teflon must be heated up to about 800 deg. F to get it to stick to anything for friction reducing purposes, just like the Teflon on a frying pan, yet in an engine suspended microscopic colloidal Teflon particles can potentially gradually attach to the oil pick-up screen & reduce oil flow to critical components as well as reducing the oil flow in other critical internal engine passages by attaching themselves to the passageway walls.

 

[SUWANNEE MAN]

Thank you mekender. I'm still wondering if Strikehold is a good lube on a auto-loading shotgun? If not, what is recommended?

thanks to all for any input.

 

[mekender]

i use hoppes for everything... but that's cus its all that the local SG store carries in giant bottles

 

[SUWANNEE MAN]

thank you mekender.

Thank you to all you answered my questions. By the way, I called FN, the tech I spoke to confirmed that lawyers wrote the manual and that he uses Rem-Oil on his FN SLP. He said he's never had a problem. So I guess it was not a big deal after all.

Thank you again to all those that gave me input. It's much appreciated.